Treasury goes after N. Korean missile program
The U.S. froze the assets of a North Korean trading company accused of financing the regime’s pursuits of weapons of mass destruction, the Treasury Department announced Thursday.
The Treasury invoked an Executive Order to freeze the assets of the Korea Hyoksin Trading Corporation (Hyoksin), which, according to the government, “specializes in acquisition for North Korean defense industries and support to Pyongyang’s military-related sales.”
The move comes after the Korean regime tested missiles in several rounds earlier this month.
“The world community is taking forceful action against the arms and agencies of North Korea
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